What is recorded here

An unknown hand dug a wide circular trench on a Donegal ridge, built a fort, and left it behind. Menamny Fairy Fort keeps a twenty-seven metre memory of that choice, while marsh water and ploughs have taken much of the rest.

Internal diam. probably 27-28m. A circular rise with part of an earthen bank with stones surviving .4m in height on the NW. Elsewhere the bank has been largely ploughed out. The site is located on a slope of a ridge in marshy pasture. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

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